mittimus
Americannoun
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a warrant of commitment to prison.
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a writ for removing a suit or a record from one court to another.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of mittimus
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin: we send, first word of such a writ; see remit
Example Sentences
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A mittimus, or justice of the peace's warrant, for the commitment of a rogue.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
Vnde mittimus in Angliam literas domini imperatoris super hijs patentes, vobis & cæteris amicis nostris beneuolis.
From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First by Holinshed, Raphael
It was decided that the arrest of Alexander Sullivan should be effected without delay, notwithstanding the late hour, and the Coroner, having made out his mittimus, entrusted it to Detective Palmer.
From The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin by Hunt, Henry M.
Whilst one of the officers withdrew to make out a mittimus, the Professor asked one of the others if they had found Dr. Parkman.
From A Book of Remarkable Criminals by Irving, Henry Brodribb
It was some days before his mittimus came, by which he was ordered to be kept in custody till the next quarter session, which was to be at Guildhall on the 23d of Feb. following.
From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John
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